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which he hail given to Renskorf,Lyon & Co.. accompanied by a pledgeof the stock ot the S. s. McClureNewspaper Corporation, had beensurrendered to him in exchange for a$100,000 note in September, 1917.In other words, by giving his notefor $100,000, he is alleged to haveobtained a return of notes aggregat?ing in excess of $1,361,000 and stockrepresenting the controlling interestin "The Evening Mail."Sielcken Denied StatementRumely, according to Mr. Lewis,recently said it was Sielcken who putup the money in the transaction.Previously, he had stated Mrs.Adolphus Busch had contributed tothe fund. Mrs. Busch, however, de?nies it, and the Columbia Trust Com?pany, executor of Herman Sielcken,a? well as Mr. Sielcken's partners inthe firm of Crossman & Sielcken..-t?te that, so far as they know, Mr.Sielcken had nothing to do with thetransaction.Hermann Sielcken was a naturalizedGerman who made millions out of thecoffee trade hove. According to spe?cial agents who have been investigat?ing the case, he returned to Germanysome time ago, where he has sincedied.Attorney General Lewis, discussingthi? crrest with newspaper men lastnight, said:"Mr. Becker, under my direction.has been engaged for several weeksinvestigating the activities of Dr.Rumely. That investigation cul?minated this evening in the arrest.The investigation was conducted atthe request of A. Mitchel Palmer,Custodian of Enemy Alien Property,and was made in close cooperationwith the United States Departmentof Justice."It is charged that, Rumely madefalse statements as to the ownershipof "The Evening Mail" properties.$1.361,000 Paid to Rumelj"I call attention to the fact that$1,361,. '.vus paid to Rumely atvarious tirr.es by Dr. Albert andCount von Bernstorff. This amountwas derived from the sale in theUnited State:-- of German war loanbonds. In other words. Americancitizens furnished the money whichenabled the purchase of "The Even?ing Mail" and the use of the propt rty for the purpose of spreading(i"i man propaganda."It is interesting to note that thefirm of A. Amsinck & Co.. throughwhich all the Polo Pacha fundspassed, handled some of the money.Adolf Pavenstedt, a colleague of Bolo,who vas active in the affairs of thisfirm, is now interned at Camp Ogleihorpe. He was the managing direc?tor and !?.':.ding spirit in the concern."As an example of the process used totransfer the money to Rumely, Attor?ney General Becker pointed out de?posits with the Equitable Trust I'nmpany, on April 10, 1915, just before thepurchase of "The Mail" took place. Onedeposit was for 550,000 from St. Louis,another for $150,000 from Chicago.still another from Chicago for $100,1)00, and another from St. I.nuis for$50,000."These were from the sale of Germanwar bonds," said Mr. Becker."Then," continued the AttorneyGeneral, "Dr. Albert wrote to the! quitable Trust Company as follows:"Please issue your cahiers' check for.- 150.000 and charge to account of J.Bernstorff and n yscl.'."There ware similar ins! ructions tothe Hanover National Bank involvingaii amour,: of $350,000 and to the Co?lumbia Trust < ompany for $200,000.All 'hese checks were made payable toWalter Lyon, but Mr. Becker explainedthat these checks were not given 'toLyon direct, but to Dr. Albert, who intarn gave them to Lyon. Then Lyonindorsed them to the order ?if Rens". Lyon & Co., and the money wasall "? ?i 'i the bank account of the firm.On June 1. 1915, a check on theManhattan Company which is in theooss ision of Mr .flecker read: "Payto the order of Walter Lyon $735,000(signed) Renskorf, I.yon and Com?pany." This ? ieck was indorsed "Payoi 1er of Edward A. Rumely."Bernstorff Passed on EditorialsMr. Becker, when asked whether ornot "The Mail" would be taken overby the Alien Property Custodian, said:"Mr. Palmer has been keeping inclose touch with the situation and hasrequested that the investigation be:ontinued. He probably will announcehis I'.l'ui? at the proper tune.''V the time of the purchase of "TheMail" Mr. Becker said there wer" be?tween $400,000 ?nd $500,000 worth ofbond -? on standing. The greal ir por?tion of these is owned by Mr. Stoddard but itumely owns some, and sincethe paper lias come into his lia m Is he hasbeen t he cont rol ling spj rit.other arrest, arc looked for to-dayhe ? ?.. ernment is in posse ssi< n olomplete i vidence against all associatedwith Rumely in the enterprise. Theaffairs of "The Mail" were investigate!by Chief ( liarles F. De Woody, of th<Department of Justice, shortly afteihe was assigned to New i'ork, and it isknown that he made a full report UWashington.1'rior to the declaration of war, itwas learned last night, a copy of everyeditorial to appear in the paper wasforwarded to Count vor. Bernstorff irWashington for his O K before it wasisl ed in the paper. The govern?ment knows who '.'m: messenger wasand it is likely he will be taken iicustody to-d ly.Rumely To Be Arrigned To-dayI>r. Rumely will be arraigned before( ommissioner Hitchcock this morningIt is understood that the entire matter will be presented to the FederaGrand Jury by Mr. Harper th..s week.The original outlay tor the purchast? f "The Mail" amounted to $740,000which was paid on May 27, 1915. Tlumoney was used to buy the controllingstock. Rumely dealt with Dr. Albert(\1 later dates, because of the fallingoff in circulation and advertising because of the pro-German policy, it wasnecessary for the German financiaagents to advance mote money to kiefthe paper from suspending. Thestlater payments amounted, to $621,000.In explaining how some of the monejused in the purchase of "The Mail'was obtained, Mr. Becker exhibitecwhat he termed the Hays. Kaufmar?ft Lindheim account No. .45. Thisexhibit showed that Dr. Albert had ad?vanced money to .lohn Simon, who irturn advanced it to the W. E. GreerCommission Company, of St. LouisThis fund was to be used in gettinga carero of grain to Geimany by wayof Scandinavia on the steamship Wilhemina. The vessel win? seized by thtBritish as she noared t_??? Europeancoast. This was early In 1915,On October ?. 191G, the Creen con?cern owed Simon $258,000, but instearof paying the money to him, accordingto Mr. Becker, it was paid at the di?rection of Dr. Albert to Hays, Kaufman & Lindheim for Albert and vorBernstorff, and was later used in helping to finance "The Evening Mail."Assistant United States AttorneyHarold Harper, who handled the efts?for the government before Commission?er Hitchcock, said that he was con, vinced that Henry L, Stoddard knewnothing of the alleged German moneyDr. Edward A. Rumelyment of the paper, but still holds mostOf the outstanding bonds. When theUnited Sates declared war on GermanyMr. Stoddard threatened to foreclosethe bonds unless "The Evening Mail"expressed loyality to this country inevery way.Propaganda Directed Against BritainIn answer to questions as. to the at?titude of the paper before the war, Mr.Harper said:"I think that most of the propagandain 'The Evening Mail' prior to thedeclaration of war was directed againstGreat Britain. Of the actions of thepaper since the outbreak of hostilitiesI have nothing to say."Recently, when three New York news?papers printed a story about oppositionto Mrs. William Randolph Hearst'sname over the door of the canteen forsoldiers at the Public Library, two ofthe papers, "The Times*' and The Trib?une, were sued for libel. No action,however, was instituted against "TheEvening Mail."Dr. Rumely, who is forty-three yearsoid and lives at 84 West 103d Street,has many and varied interests. Be?sides being engaged in the newspaperbusiness he was secretary of the M.Rumely Company, of Laporte, Ind.,which manufactured agricultural im?plements, and, as founder of the Interl.'ike'i School, of which he is president,had written several books embodyingnovel ideas on educational matters.Moreover, after having attended theUniversity of Notre I ?ame and theUniversity of Heidelberg, he studiedat the University of Freiburg, which in1906 granted him the degree of doctorof medicine.Rumely Interested in FarmingScientific farming interested Dr.Rumely greatly at that time, and hedeveloped a mechanical tractor as asubstitute for horsepower in farming.1!>, became at a little later date oneof the officers of tin- M. Rumely Com?pany, of I.a Porte, manufacturers <>ffarm machinery, and said to be oneof the largest incorporated organiza?tions in the Middle West.His interest in both agricultural anilindustrial affairs brought Dr. Rumelymuch to tin- foreground in organiza?tions interested in all such affairs. Hewas mad?1 a director and member ofthe state committee of the NationalAssociation for Promotion of Industrial Training and was also a memberof the American Association of Agri?cultural Engineers.Dr. Rumely is the author of severalmagazine articles on both agricul?tural ?md industrial subjects. liewrote a book called ''To Teach Boysto Live." containing an outline of newand advanced ideas on education, andcollaborated with. L. W. Ellis in writ?ing "Power and the Plow."La Porte, Ind.. continued to claimDr. Rumely as a resident up to thetime of his purchase of "The Evening.Mail." lie th? n removed to this city.Managing Editor SurprisedJohn E. Cullen, managing editor of"The Evening Mail," ?is a member ofthe machine gun company of the 7thRegiment. He was at the armory fordrill last night.Over the telephone Mr. Cullen saidthe arrest of Dr. Rumely was a groatsurprise to him. In his capacity asmanaging editor Mr. Cullen declaredlie was concerned solely with the newsend of the paper, and had nothing what?soever to ??o with its editorial policy.In his departan '. Mr. Cullen added,he was not interiored with in any way.Further than that, he said, he*couldmake no statement at the present time.Arthur Gariield Hays, of the law firm?>r Hays, Kaufmann & Lindheim,through which, Attorney Genera! Lewissaid, passed German government cash,with which "The Evening Mail" was tobe purchased, declined last night tomake any statement. Informe?! thatMr. Lewis declared that $75,000 in billspassed at one time through the handsof the firm in connection with thetransaction, Mr. Hays still refused toaffirm or deny the "statement. Askedwhet-er his firm had acted as counselto the German Embassy, he replied:"In some matters, yes.""Mail's" Future NotYet Decided On byAlien Property Head(S7>ccial Dispatch to The Tributa )WASHINGTON, July 8.?A. MitchellPalmer, Alien Property Custodian, wasnot prepared to-night to say what dis?position he would make of "The NewYork Evening Mail."He sai?! that he liad not been in?formed of the arrest of Ed. A. Rumely,although his department for sometime has had nkowlodge of the factthat "The; Mail" was purchased byfunds furnished by Dr. Albert and thepurchase made with enemy money inthe name ?;f Rumely.Mr. Palmer said that th" question ?fseizing th" property and continuingtlie publication liad not, yet been de?termined. He said that the plant wasmortgaged and that it hid been operat?ing at a loss for some time."Mail" SuspectedOf Pro-GermanismSince War BeganThe suspicion of pro-Germanism hashung about "The Evening Mail" eversince the war began. Sir.ce the UnitedStates joined the Allies this suspicionhas been vague and attributable to nocertain source.Part of.it was due to the franklyGermanophile tone of the paper in theyears ?luring which the nation heldaloof from the European conflict. Partof it cam?' from the persistent rumorthat "The Mail" was owned by Germaninterest--, or at least was being sub- ;sidiied by German money.When the war was still outside our,doors "The Mail" supported the Ger- 'man cause in its taws, editorials andcartoons. When America entered theconflict it apparently suffered a com?plete change of heart and supportedthe Allied cause,Dr. Rumely took up his active di?rection of the paper in May, 1915,when a syndicate of which S. S. IMcClure was reported to be the head inounccment of this purchase wasmude it nlso bectttno known that Dr.Rumely hnd bough I a substantial in*t.Vi'st in the concern.McClure Denies Pnv-GermaniumAt (his time insinuations of proGermanism wero being so porsistentl.vliir?eti-d ngainsl the paper that Mr.McClure felt coiled u'lion to issue a?internent in which he not only pro..., ?",--.' "The Mail" a wholly Ameri- n iririm, but nlso paid n tribute to?i <? ability t.r.d patriotism of Dr.'?'< umel","Dr. I'umeU." he seid, "an old, ?d?!Mien?! of mine, who bus comfortablyhelped me in many matters, is aGerman university num. 1 think you*.v i il find few better Americans."Henry L. Stoddard, editor of "The..I:.it." also denied the rumor that.German influences were at work uponhis paper.??The talk that a syndicate of Ger?m-ins will take control is pure moon?shine," he said. "A few months ago.: substantial lookinir German calledon us. He informed me that therewere four papers in New York City onthe market ami that 'The Evening Mail"was one of them." 'You may be three-quarters right,but for your purposes the paper is nottor sale.' 1 told him when he madeknown that lie was negotiating forsome Germans."Paper Expand? RapidlyFollowing tin* purchase oi the paperby the McClure syndicate, it expandedrapidly. In September. L91G, it- tookover th.* Lupton Building, at, Lilt CityHall Place, and also rented the struct?ure at 21 City Hall Place, formerly theDeutscher Presse Club.Since the first of July "The Mail"has been publishing on its editorialpage a. si ries of articles signed E. A.R. (Edward A. Rumely), under the cap?tion "War mu! Reconstruction Policiesof 'The Evening Mail.'" These weremainly suggestions for making Ameri?cans moie efficient ami belter off eco?nomically in war or peace.McClure Astounded,He Says, DenyingHe Is Pro-German"! was never more nstounded in mylife," ?ieclared S. S. McClure, formereditor-in-chief* of "The Mail" underthe Rumely regime and whose namewas used in forming the corporationwhich operates it. though be put nomoney into the concern. "It is asurprise, a very great surprise."I became acquainted with Dr.Rumely through my boy. Dr. Rumelyruns a very line school at La Porte,Ind., where my boy Henry, now a ser?geant in the 76th Artillery in France.was a student. That was in It'll. Ifound Rumely to be very much in?terested in matters that 1 was. For ex?ample, we were both Progressives inpolitics. In 1915 Dr. Rumely, who hadalways had a strong leaning towardjournalism, arranged to get 'The Mail.'1 arranged to go with him, he to lookout for the business and financial endand I tile editorial. 1 did not knowthen, nor did I inquire where the moneycam?* from. 1 am an editor, and 1 left,the financial end to him."Some time after 1 went to 'The Mail' 'differences of opinion arose, and Ithereafter devoted my time during thelife of the contract, to travel itt Europe.The contract expired last year, sincewhich 'time 1 have had nothing to dowith 'The Mail.' In th?* mean time Ivisited eighteen countries in Europeand Asia and published my book, 'Ob?stacles to Peace.' i .(-aw and met many ,of the biggest men in these countries.Much of the material I leathered wentto the government in a confidential re-,port. For a matter of some three ;months, in fact, I worked for the De- '?partment of Justice."More recently 1 have been engagedin writing another book and have beenin New York very little.""What was the nature of your dif?ferences with Dr. Rumely." Mr. Mc?Clure was asked."No man, with the exception of Delane, of 'The Condon Times.' was everreally the editor of a paper he did notown. Dr. Rumely is a forceful, ener?getic young man and considerable of aSocialist, and naturally insisted on be?ing his own editor."Some ofJVlr. McClure's articles havebeen interpreted as pro-German. Re?garding this he said: ;"In this war 1 have been very pro- :English; no man could be more so.Dr. Rumely, by education and instinct,tended the other way. He was. as youknow, educated in Germany. He wasborn in this country, as was his fatherbefore him. His grandfather was bornin Germany and -vas one of the Fortyeighters, one of the Schurz school. Hisgrandmother was a French woman."However, 1 did not know of anyGerman connections Rumely mighthave had. When our differences arose1 went away, and remained away untilmy contract expired. 1 have seen littleof him since."Pro-German StandWorries SpaniardsEvents Show Many WouldHave Preferred Friendli?ness to AlliesBARCELONA, Spain, July 8.?Signsare not wanting in a certain section ofthe Spanish press of uneasiness as towhat tin vi rdict of history may lie onSpain's attitude during the war. Inspite of a well organized propagandain the form of a constant deluge offalse information throughout thecountry by means of subsidized news?papers, and in spite of the undoubtedpro-German sentiment, of the army anda similar sentiment in other influentialquarters, the indications are thatevent.-! arc slowly bringing home to theaverage Spaniard a sense of doubt asto whether his country's interests afterall would not have been better servedbv a neutrality frankly friendly to theAllies.'I he machinations of the German es?pionage system have in' several in?stances been glaringly exposed. Oneof the Madrid ciaiiy newspapers, al?though it nas several times been sup?pressed by tb.e military censorship, hassucceeded in bringing to light activi?ty.?; by the German Embassy in con?nection with the iabor troubles inSpain last year. Within the last fewweeks one of the chiefs of the Barce?lona police was accused of being inleague with the German consulate spybureau for the purpose of assistingsubmarines along the coast.It is current.y reported that the dis?covery of the police official's complicitywas made by ati expert pickpocket who,in tlie course of his professional ac?tivities, came into possession of apocketbook containing several compro?mising communications signed by theofficial m question. The thief at oncerecognized the value of the documentsand sold them to the editor of a So?cialist newspaper, who lost no time inpublishing them und in bringing gravecharges against the ponce of aidingGerman submarines to sink Spanisnmerchant vessels.After some delay the police officialwas arrested, and investigations nowbeing made are expected ;o bring in?teresting information to light._ The splendid achievement of theUnited States m sending an army of amillion men across the Atlantic in soshort a time and the mettle which thatarmy already has shown have not beenlost on the people here, who at firstwere inclined to belittle the AmericanIrishman Landed ,By U-Boat Put onTrial for Treason? Prosecutor Quotes Germani Promise of Aid for Re?bellion in U. S.Gerard's Acts PraisedjWitness Declares AmericanAmbassador'*-. KindnessSaved Prisoners' Lives? LONDON, July 8.?The trial by courtmartial opened here to-day of Corporal' Joseph Dowling, who landed on the IrishConst in a German collapsible boat twomonths ago and who since has been aprisoner in the Tower of London.Corporal Dowling, in civilian clothes,was brought to the court in an auto! ambulance handcuffed to ; BritishI soldier and accompanied by a non-comi missioned officer, armed with a reI volver. Lord Cheylesmore presided1 over the court.Corporal Dowling, who is slim inj build, of medium height and of a wide; awake appearance, pleaded not guiltyto the formal charges, which are underthree heads: First, that while ho wasa prisoner of war in Germany he joined .a hostile force; second, that he enI deavored to induce others to join; lthird, that he participated in an at-Itempt to land a hostile force in Ire?land.Outlines German PlotSir Archibald Bodkin, the prosecu?tor, described at great length the Ger?man plot launchhed at the end of 1011for the formation of an "Irish brigade,".'nur. among the Irish taken prisoneron the British front. The scheme, SirArchibald said, was repudiated by mostof the prisoner:?, but Dowling anil ,a few others joined the brigade andacted as recruiting agents.The prosecutor described the meansv^e? by the Germans to induce Irish- Imen to join, and in particular the German promises to them, reading:"At the end of the war the German jgovernment undertook to pend every imember of the Irish brigade to theUnited .States."Sir Archibald Bodkin rend a longdocument, issued by the Germans atLimburg Camn, which said:"The [rich in America are collectingmoney for this brigade. Join the newunit anal win your independence. TheIrish brigade is to light solely for thecause of Ireland, with the moral and!matarial assistance of the German gov- Ierr. men*."Prisoner's False StoryThe story told by Prosecutor Bodkinof the arrival cf Corporal Dowling inIreland follows:"On April 12 fishermen, going outfrom the harbor of the Clare Coast,saw a man waving a handkerchief onn*.i island half a mile from the shore. He.??aid he bad been washed ashore from thetopedoed ship Mississippi during thenight. He paie! the fishermen five shill?ings to land him at Ballyalinc Pkr,where he gave his name as JamesO'Brien, and described the torpedoingof the Mississippi with great detail,statins that the ship came from Bal?timore."Later i': the day his collapsibleboat, of undoubted German manufact?ure, was washed ashore. Dowling hadseventy pounds of English money. IK;sai'! he come from the United Statesto see Irish friend-' before joining theAmerican army.Prosecutor Bodkin, in his address,described the German method of deal?ing with Irish prisoners.Privileges for Dupe?;"?hose who joined the Irish bri?gade," lie said, "were allowed distinc?tive uniforms, special rations and sidearms, and mingled freely with theGerman officers and men. Those whostuck to their oaths of allegiance weretreated shamefully, their lations werereduced and every effort was made topunish them for their conduct. Yetfifty-three was the total number ofrecruits the Germans secured after along campaign among the Irish pris?oners."The feeling against- Dowling wasvery strong among the loyal prisoners,and on one occasion he was bandied soroughly that the German sentries- hadto come to his assistance."Prosecutor Bodkin declared the wholestory told by Dowling regardng thecircumstances of his landing and thepurpose of his visit was untrue, asDowling later admitted.Visited by His Brother"IB' \rns brought to London," con?tinued the prosecutor, "and detained atthe Tbwer, where his brother visitedhim. "He told his brother that lie camein a submarine. If he should now tryto explain that he came in the char?acter, of an escaped prisoner, our an?swer is that escaped war prisoners arenot provided with passage in Germansubmarines."The first witness called was a Britishsoldier, John Cronin, a former prisonerat Limburg. He described a visit hepaid to Sir Roger Casement when thelatter was attempting to raise an Irishbrigade in Germany. Casement'sefforts, he testified, were assisted by anIrish priest named Father Nicholson,v.no ' was a frequent visitor to thecamp."We should all have been dead butfor the kindness of Ambassador Ge?rard," testified Private O'Sullivan,formerly a prisoner at Limburg, duringthe afternoon sessicm. "We wereactually starving and naked when Mr.Gerard visited us and secured us asupply of parcels and clothing fromEngland. We would have starved butiff this, as tii" Germans cut the ra?tions down twice as a punishment forfailing to join Dowiing's Irish legion."Private O'Sullivan further testifiedthat Corporal Dowling, in his recruit?ing attempts, was several limes ac?companied by a man in civilianclothes, who posed as a prominentIrish-American and who declared triemovement had the support of IrishAmericans.Dowling and this man, the witness.'-aid. declared the Irish Brigade wouldnumber 15o.oi.iii men, who would belanded in Ireland and would be assisted there by a large German force.New York Man's NameAmong CanadianW oundedOTTAWA. July s .?The followingAmerican names appear in to-day'soverseas casualty list:Died?Captain F. II. Elliott, Kos-:lindale, MassWounded?E. T. Hulett, Eik Creek,Cal.; J. Flynn, St. Paul, Minn.; M. G.Collins, Kingsley, Iowa; C. A. Dixon,Syracuse, N. Y.; A. Deniers. New Bed?ford. Mass.; M. J, McHall. 117 Charles'Asks Revocation ofPriest's Citizenship! Because the Rev. Francis Gross, a1 Hungarian priest, In Perth Amboy, N.J., is faiiid to hnve renounced ullegiance1 to America, Charles F. Lynch, UnitedStales District Attorney for New Jer1 scy, has made application for the reI vocation of his American citizenshippapers, grantd on March 11, HMO."I am a Hungarian and nothingelse," the Rev. Mr. Gross is reportedto have said. "Neither Perth Amboynor the United Stales government northe Vesuvius volcano can turn me intosomething else.""I want you all to be like me," he: ir, said to have told his congegation,; "The leaders of the United Si alesgovernment have all ?cone crazy. Theyhave lost their brains and heads. They' are running th" country t?> deal uction. Even ?he Cardinal in Bostonhas gone crazy, for did he not onThan!.giving Hay pray for victory for[ America ?"From the pulpit lie is alleged tohave said on the Sunday following the! Halifax disaster that God had visitedthat punishment on America and herI allies."1 have not, bought Liberty bonds! because I was sent here from Hungaryto take charge of the parish and Imny have to return there after peace' has been declared," he explained toj solicitors for the Last bond issue.; "What shall I say when my people| ask me whether 1 contributed to help? America win tin? war? My sister has a: son in the Hungarian army and, supI pose he was killed, what could I say; to her?"Tai another minister he is reportdto have said:"I received a letter from a bishopordering me to pray for American vic?tory, hut I never have prayed for suchvictory. 1 am willing to pray for avictory for the German and liunj garian armies." jCleveland Abbe, Jr.,Dropped by U. S.For Pro-GermanismCorrespondence RevealsReason for 'Weather Re?view' Editor's DismissalWASHINGTON. July 8.?-Official cor?respondence made public to-day <ii*'closed that Cleveland Abhe, jr., editorof "The Monthly Weather Review," re?cently dropped from the governmentservices, was dismissed because of "hiswell known sympathies for the impe?rial German government."Mr. Abbe, son ami namesake of lie'man who devised the present systemof daily weather reports and one of thebest meteorologists in the world, ?.vaseducated in Germany and married aGerman girl. He has "indignantly de?nied" the charges against him and hasasked a hearing for the purpose of re?plying to them specifically;Well Known SympathiesTransmitti'ng Secretary Houston'sbrief letter of dismissal, 0. F. Marvin,chief of the Weather Bureau, wrote.Mr. Abbe:"The reasons for this action are con! nected altogether with your conduct! and generally well known sympathiesfor the imperial German government.A searching inquiry of your innermostheart in respect to your attitude tow: ard the United States government must; convince you that patriotism and genu; ine loyalty to the United States areabsolutely incompatible with friendlysentiment for Germanism."! Mr. Marvin informed Mr. Abbe that; his dismissal resulted from an investi1 gation by the Department of Justiceinitiated "entirely by outside sources."I Replying to what he termed the "un?just and even insulting accusations,"Mr. Abbe declared:"Subscribed to Loans""You know that 1 have always dis?tinguished between the German peo?ple's and the actions of the Germangovernment since 191 !. 1 ask to regis?ter my indignant denial of any friend?ly feeling toward or sympathy for theimperial German government and myabhorrence of its official acts. ! als.irepudiate indignantly the suggestionthat I have or could have anything incommon with what is now currentlyknown as Germanism."It should not be necessary, butonce again do protest my sincere, gennine and undivided loyalty to tin.United States and to its governmentits ide.als and particularly its published objects in this war."It is well known to yen that I hav?subscribed to the extent of my abilit;to the second and third Liberty leansto the Red Cross and its work and t?other activities."Binder Gets ?0 YearsUnder Espionage AciStephen Binder, author of "Light onTruth," a book which strongly indorsethe attitude taken by William Rando'.pHearst and Hearst newspapers regateir.g the war and denounced the stano* the New York Tribune, convicted otwo counts for violation of the espicr?'?go !aw, was sentenced fco ten yeaiimprisonment on each count by JodgGarvin in the United States DistvhCourt in Brooklyn yesterday.The two terms will rim concurrent!and Binder will serve his sentence ithe Federal penitentiary at AtlantGa."At this critical time in world hitory," said Judge Garv?n, "with tlfuture of civilization itself, it may bdepending upon the rapidity with whi<the army and navy of the United Stet?can be assembled and upon the patrioism and loyalty of the men under .-"inyou have attempted to strike a blow:the very heart of the nation."Sentence is imposed ?*?>?? primarito punish you, but to protect all Anteicans. You hav.? shown no feelingregret and there is every reasonbelieve that, if you were set at libertyou would continue to commit tcrimes of which you have been tovicied."Binder lived at 401 BainbnjStreet, Brooklyn, and kept a meat mal;et at 223 Ralph Avenue.Hoboken Protests atGerman Club Licen;Residents of Hoboken protestedJudge Blair in Jersey City yesterdconcerning a liquor license whichgranted Friday to the German ClubHoboken. They informed the judthat the German Club occupies tnortheast corner of Sixth and Hudsstreets and that a new naval barraiis on the southwest corner of the sathoroughfares.The German Club, they asserted, **therefore in the barred zone. JucBiair f-aid that he would recon.si?Threat to WifeMade Lyons Tell;OfO'Leary,HeSaysiRevealed Fugitive's Where?abouts to Prevent Woman'sIndictment as PerjurerHer Immunity AssuredGovernment's Witnes?-. Stickto Story He Told inFirst TrialThe threat of an indictment againsthis wife for perjury finally persuadedArthur Lyons to inform the govern?ment, of the whereabouts of JeremiahO'Leary anil full details of the ?sinnFein leader's sensational flight West.Such was t'n?' admission ColonelThomas B. Felder wrung from the gov?ernment's star witness yesterday, whenthe retrial of John .1. O'Leary on thecharge of having conspired to aid inJeremiah's flight was resumed beforeJudge Augustus N. Hand in the UnitedStates District Court here."When 1 got hack here fiom theWest," saiai Lyons, "my wife told mea stci'j that appealed t?? me very great?ly, ami she urged me to teil all that Iknow and get this whole thing square.While I'd been gone, she said, agents ofthe Department of Justice had beenconstantly questioning her, and thatfor approximately twelve or fifteendays she'd been brought over hero tothe offices of the department andquestioned."Also she had been made to go be?fore the grand jury and testify. Ai aresult of what she had said then, Iknew that she'd spend a term in jail ifsomething wasn't (lone, and believeme, I'd rather that tin' whole world wasion! up for twenty years than that thatlit!1?: woman had to .???end a singlenight in prison.""And so you told them where theycould find Jeremiah O'Leary?" askedColonel Felder."Government agents had already seenJerry in Vancouver with me," snappedback Lyons."But you told them the precise spotwhere they could locate him?" persistedJohn O'Leary's counsel."Vos, eventually," said the witness."And you did this with the under?standing that your wife wouldn't beprosecuted ?""Ves, sir."From a legal standpoint the sessionyesteiday was decidedly the most in?teresting of the entire case. Since hisoriginal appearance at the first trial,the testimony of Lyons hr.d bea.?n flatlycontradicted in all its most essentialpoints, principally by Jeremiah O'Learyhimself. At tin? retrial, Father PatrickO'Donnell, the priest to whom it hasbeen shown Jerry made confession be- jfore, boarding the St. Louis flyer, had jadded other statements irreconcilableto the L-?Oiis narrative, yet in the re?telling, Lyons stuck item to item,'throughout his lengthy and infinitelyIintricate tale to the version he origin- !ally Set forth.On cross-examination, though Colo?nel Felder read him at length from theconflicting minutes of the previous i'liai, he still maintained that he wastelling the undiluted truth.Jerry O'Leary gave him a $100 billv.it li which to buy ticket? to St. Louis.not four twenties, as Jerry subsequent?ly swore; lohn O'Leary, the defendantin the present action, was the man whoactually purchased the tickets in ques?tion; John O'Leary accompanied Jerry iand himself right up to the Pennsyl?vania Station, and did not, as otherwitnesses have testified, go instead tohis own oflice. Nothing could shakeLyons from these statements.As at the first trial, however. Lyons'explicitly exonerated John from anysuspicion of knowledge that Jerry in?tended?-if he did to attempt flight at.the time he left New York, presumablybound ?'v Ren?.), for the purpose, ac?cording to L...OI1-, of trying a divorcecase.Lyons also swore that John had innowise been notified of the proposedattempt to escape after Jerry had detcrmincd upon that course at- -Lyonssays Ogden, Utah. So strong werehis statements upon this ?-core that itwas the general expectation through?out the courtroom that Colonel Felderwas going lo ask for a dismissal of theentiie ? .?^e against John.Instead, however, be veered aboutand subjected the witness to a pro?tracted grilling on the methods pur?sued by the Department of Justice ineliciting information. Later ColonelFelder asserted that he had adoptedthis course in order to "show up thesystem " He added that Lyons hadcommitted himself to many incon?sistencies, which will be fully exploitedby the defence later, particularly thosewith respect to Mme. Victorica, aboutwhom there was considerable talk yes?terday that led apparently nowhere.Whin Lyons was finally excusedfrom the stand, his place was takenby his wife. She corroborated herhusband's story of his conversationswith her on the night before the leavetaking. After her the st?nographe*who wa.; to nave taken dictation fromJeremiah O'Leary, the man who solehim a pair of glasses shortly beforthe boarded the train for the West ancthe barber who shaved him earlier thaisame morning repeated their testi?mony of the original tria!.An evidence of the intentness wit!which the jury is following the cas?vas given when, as the latter was. leav?ing the stand, juror No. 10 stood ujand 'aid:"May I add one question': Hovmany men were there in the automobile you saw leaving your place thamorning -two ov three?"This is one of the important pointin the cas?; against John O'LearyLyons swears John was present at thitime. John denies it. The whole roonleaned forward eagerly as the jurolaunched his que.-1ion"So far as I saw." returned the barber, "ther*2 wer?.- only two."Mrs. Busch Plans MoveTo Regain Seized Est?t:W\SHINGTON, July ?.--Notice habeen given the Alien Property Custodian's office that a formal ??ove mabe expi. ;ted in a few days to recovepossession of the property of Mr:Adolphus Busch, widow of the millioraire St. Loui-?: brewer, .aken over r?cently by the government. Tbe c!aiiwill be made that Mrs. Busch is a loyjAmerican citizen and that her long stain Germany with relatives should ncaffect her property rights.'?W'^-??-^^ IHDIG?ST)OMiS*~^?L^ ? Bell-ans^?"W^y^u ?ot water^~Il .. ?f-pR Sure ReliefR?VL-ANSMilitary CommentBy William L. McPherson'/"iTILIa no Gerrnan offensive.H*\ The Fourth of July hr.spassed. Bestile Day is apI proaching. The Alli< d armie i c?s!ebrated the Fourth. Will Ludendorlfallow them ;t similar celebration oni the Fourteenth? Foch would prob! ably be willing to return the cour1 t.csy when Sedan Day rolls around,fur by September Germany mayj already bave shot her bolt und v,e; slipping sullenly back to a permam nt defensive.Moscow hits ?been the* scene of asputter of revolution. Apparentlyi;, didn't upset the L?nine "govern?ment." It vus only a first Hashin the plan of popular discontent,! with anarchy masking itself underthe form of a proletariat Utopia.More uprisings will come, for anarchy as advanced as that nowreigning in Central Russia has al?ready begun to breed its own anti?dote.German new.-; agencies are nowspreading stories of Czecho-Slova?reverses in Siberia. They art- notvery credible. But the miracle ofthe Czecho-Slovak accomplishmentin Asiatic Russia cannot l>e expected to prolong itself indefinitelyThese Slav protagonists of the Al?lied cause need assistance. It isneither just nor chivalrous to leavethem fighting on in isolation. Shallwe be satisfied to send or organizea rescue expedition on their behalfafter they have cracked under thestrain or to erect a monument tothem after their venture has takenen the tragic aspect of anotherGallipoli?The most considerable operationreported yesterday was an Allieddrive in Albania, on the western?most sector of the Balkan battleline. Italian troops, aided by someFrench detachment.-;, made an attatck on the Austrian positions eastof Valona. A gain or loss of ter?ritory doesn't, mean much in thisisolated mountainous region, whenonly relatively feeble forces faceeach other. But the completesuccess of the operation is indicatedby the capture of more than 1.O00prisoners. A couple of months a?cthe Allied line was advanced severalmiles by a drive further east, nearthe Albanian-Serbian border. Stillmore recently the Greeks thorough?ly defeated the Bulgarians in alocal- attack in Macedonia, at theeastern end of the Balkan line. TheBalkan campaign remains, however.only a "side show."The Australians who took Darnellast week made further progressSunday night in that sector, ad?vancing on both sides of the SommeRiver. They gained a third of amile on a front of nearly two miles.Otherwise the battle on the Westiront was practically suspended.It is reported from Switzerlandthat Ludendorff has been making avisit to Austro-Hungarian head?quarters in Italy. He has installedvon Below there as commander inchief of the Emneiov Gharlps'sarmies. It is deduced in Switzer?land that he has recommended arenewal o?' the Austro-Hungarianoffensive?at least on the mountainside. That would be one way outfor him if he wants to delay hisown scheduled offensive in France?let Austria-Hungary once moretake the Italian bull by the horns.But Austria-Hungary has had near?ly enough of picadoring, toreadoring and matadoring for the presentThe place where Germany mustseek a decision is Northern FranceWhen will the next die be cast?2 U. S. FliersDie at Front;One is InternedVV. T. Hobbs, of Dartmoi?Champion Hurdler, IsHit by Enemy Shell? /.'.i, Th ? . ', --.'-? iatt ?' Prest)WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY:1!FRANCE. July 8. Alan Ash, of Cr-lcago, a member of the Lafayette F |jing Squadron, has been killed in ?cr:8b3t with several German muhimover Soissons. His -mac'r.itie B'i'vfcfalling was seen to burst inUWei. IWarren '!". Hobbs, of Woit-;f.-:?Mas-., ar.otr ?mber of the b:V-Bette Flying Squadron, was killed loti"ft. Forced to fly low because o? Igine trou!)!?', he was brought dowiifBanti-aircraft guns. iWASHINGTON', July 8. LieuttHJJame- C. Ashengen, an aviator of?American expeditionary forces, a?been interne.! in Switzerland. ThefrjDepartment announced to-night _jthe officer was forced to land in interritory June 25 because he ran -i|of gasolene. Lieutenant Ash<_tMhome is in Chicago.WORCESTER, Mass., July g.-L.s-1tenant Warren T. Hobbs, of WoKts*American Aviation Corps, m em bet'iDartmouth College, class of It'll*. ?Hall around athlete, volunteer flier1--]' in? American Lafa; te * ?luadrcc-jthe aviation corps, was killed by G;man ami aircraft ?2-unfire June26,dcording to news received here to-csr ILieutenant Hobbs was twenty**years old. He held the world's rei-f-jof 6% seconds for the 50-yard Whurdling, mad? at Meadowbrook.wijtrack meet, March 10. 1917. H-f-Jents are Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur ?Hobbs. 467 Pleasant Street, Watts*Lieutenant Hobbs fell ?aft N?*ber with his airplane on top of t*escaping with a gash on his head. "-\certificates from the French air0Whas arrived in Worcester at his ?-3---;brought here by Aviator ?Gerald ?&*]Spencer, who came home after ef?ping nearly 1.700 feet with his maC->: over the Pyrenees Mountains.5?34-566 A-o 50? #ifth.Aprn**^. ?-*&?* ??V6*- AN. 47T? 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